Since the establishment of the China Hydrogen Energy Alliance by the National Energy Group in February 2018, the development of the domestic hydrogen energy industry has been “suddenly like a spring breeze, and thousands of trees and pears bloom”. In the recent period, many domestic cities and many enterprises and enterprises have deployed in the hydrogen energy and fuel cell industries, and the time has been unprecedented.

The development of China's hydrogen energy industry has been tepid. But since 2018, more and more companies across the country have turned their attention to the hydrogen industry. According to preliminary statistics, in the past six months, Beijing, Shandong, Foshan, Ningbo, Maoming, Zhangjiakou, Rugao, and Lu'an have successively introduced hydrogen energy and fuel cell industry development. Planning, including Shanghai Jiaotong University, Jinmei Group, Huachang Chemical and many other units have arranged hydrogen energy utilization projects.

For example, Shandong Province established the hydrogen energy and fuel cell industry alliance at the beginning of this year. The alliance was initiated by Shandong Guohui, Yankuang Group and Shandong Heavy Industry, and consists of 68 member units inside and outside the province. Shandong Province will focus on building a “China Hydrogen Valley” and creating a “hydrogen society”. Shanghai Remodeling Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and Foshan Nanhai District People's Government signed an investment agreement, and planned to invest 2.16 billion yuan in the first phase to build a “hydrogen town” in Danzao Town, Nanhai District. Maoming City recently held a seminar on the development of hydrogen energy industry and proposed to build a hydrogen energy industry base. It is reported that the China Hydrogen Technology Project under construction is accelerating, and the hydrogen fuel cell project is striving to put into production at the end of this year. In terms of enterprises, Shanxi Jinmei Group has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the French-Chinese Energy Association to explore the development and utilization of hydrogen energy.

"The important idea for solving clean energy is hydrogen." Ling Wen, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and general manager of the National Energy Group, said at the 11th China Population and Resources Environment Development Situation Analysis Meeting held recently. The China Hydrogen Energy Industry Research Report released by the China Hydrogen Energy Alliance believes that in the future, hydrogen energy will account for at least 10% of China's terminal energy system, complementing and coordinating with electricity, and jointly becoming the main consumer of China's terminal energy system.

Ling Wen pointed out that China's hydrogen energy development and application already has the basis of industrialization, but it still faces some challenges. For example, unlike the integration of hydrogen energy into the national energy system, China has not included hydrogen energy; it lacks long-term countries. The top-level design, policy support system and implementation roadmap for the development of hydrogen energy industry; there is a gap between the core technologies, equipment and technical standards and foreign developed countries, and the application infrastructure gap is huge. In addition, hydrogen is listed as a category of hazardous chemicals management in China, which is not conducive to the timely establishment of management system and related industrial policies, and is not conducive to the public to eliminate the psychological misunderstanding of "hydrogen color change" and hinder the "hydrogen society" consensus. The achievement and development of hydrogen economy. To this end, he suggested that the relevant ministries of the state organization study the integration of hydrogen energy into the national energy system, clarify the competent authorities and strengthen management, study and formulate major national special work programs for hydrogen energy and fuel cells, and promote hydrogen energy as an important part of the national energy strategy. Formulate the development strategy and implementation roadmap for the hydrogen energy industry, and establish scientific and long-term industrial development support and incentive policies.

Yi Baolian, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a researcher at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, provided insights on the development of hydrogen fuel cell technology. He believes that the domestic hydrogen fuel cell core technology has made important progress, but it still needs to further reduce costs and enhance international competitiveness. From the perspective of the reactor, the core problem now is to increase the power current density and specific power.